2026 IEEE Southern Alberta Section AGM
IEEE Southern Alberta Section Presents our 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
We invite you and a guest to join us at our Annual General Meeting! This is a fantastic opportunity for all IEEE members to reconnect, get updates on our section's achievements, and look forward to the future. The meeting will provide an update on the activities of the Section, the Technical Chapters, and the Affinity Groups over the past year, and provide an outlook for activities planned in 2027.
Let's come together, celebrate our achievements, and set the stage for a year of excellence. We look forward to seeing you there!
Registration Closes on Monday, November 9th 2026.
Title of Keynote: Reliable Value Creation: Finding Your Place in a World of Permacrisis
Speaker: Dr. Oleks Osiyevskyy | Professor of Entrepreneurship, Haskayne School of Business | Academic Director, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Office of Signature Learning Experiences | University of Calgary
Keynote Overview:
Societies move forward the way good engineering does: through experiments. Entrepreneurs test new ideas, most fail, and the ones that work are scaled up until they change how we live and work. Today that cycle matters more than ever. Geopolitical shocks, energy volatility and fast-moving technologies are the permanent operating condition, often called “permacrisis”. In this world, every organization depends on people who can act as entrepreneurial agents of change, whether they sit in a startup, a project team or a large established company.
But how do you do that reliably, and not by luck? This keynote offers a practical answer at three levels: the individual, the team and the organization. It starts with value creation as the core of entrepreneurial thinking. The BFMD framework (Benefit, Focus, Monetization, Delivery) is a simple tool for testing whether an idea, product or business actually creates value for customers and captures value for the organization. The talk then turns to the five leadership principles that keep value creation going under turbulence. It ends with the leadership competencies that turn those principles into everyday habits.
Attendees will leave with:
- a diagnostic for checking any idea or business against four value creation mechanisms;
- a way to see where they and their teams can drive change;
- concrete first steps they can try the following Monday.
Dinner:
- 2 complimentary drink tickets
- Caesar Salad: Hearts of Romaine, Focaccia Croutons, Romano Shavings with Classic Caesar Dressing
- Choice of:
- Grilled Filet Mignon: with Classic Bordelaise Sauce. Served with Sautéed Wild Mushroom, New Potatoes, Butter Glazed Asparagus and Baby Carrots
- Chicken Supreme: Grilled Herb and Garlic Marinated Chicken Supreme. Served with Yukon Gold and Wild Mushroom, Potato Hash and Seasonal Vegetables
- Atlantic Salmon Fillet: Ponzu Glazed, Served with Sweet Chili and Ginger Stewed Bok Choy and Organic Pearl Jasmine Rice Cake
- White Chocolate Panna Cotta: Tahitian Vanilla Bean Infused Berry Compote
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- 9030 Macleod Trail
- Calgary, Alberta
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- Building: Carriage House Hotel & Conference Centre
- Room Number: Windsor Ballroom B (1st floor)
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- Starts 13 October 2026 06:00 AM UTC
- Ends 10 November 2026 06:59 AM UTC
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- Menu: Grilled Filet Mignon, Chicken Supreme, Atlantic Salmon Fillet
Speakers
Oleks Osiyevskyy of University of Calgary
Reliable Value Creation: Finding Your Place in a World of Permacrisis
Societies move forward the way good engineering does: through experiments. Entrepreneurs test new ideas, most fail, and the ones that work are scaled up until they change how we live and work. Today that cycle matters more than ever. Geopolitical shocks, energy volatility and fast-moving technologies are the permanent operating condition, often called “permacrisis”. In this world, every organization depends on people who can act as entrepreneurial agents of change, whether they sit in a startup, a project team or a large established company.
But how do you do that reliably, and not by luck? This keynote offers a practical answer at three levels: the individual, the team and the organization. It starts with value creation as the core of entrepreneurial thinking. The BFMD framework (Benefit, Focus, Monetization, Delivery) is a simple tool for testing whether an idea, product or business actually creates value for customers and captures value for the organization. The talk then turns to the five leadership principles that keep value creation going under turbulence. It ends with the leadership competencies that turn those principles into everyday habits.
Attendees will leave with:
- a diagnostic for checking any idea or business against four value creation mechanisms;
- a way to see where they and their teams can drive change;
- concrete first steps they can try the following Monday.
Biography:
Dr. Oleksiy Osiyevskyy is Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. He is driven by one idea: entrepreneurship should not be a lucky accident. It should be a deliberate, reliable and repeatable source of growth for startups, established companies and whole nations.
Oleksiy has more than 100 publications in leading academic and practitioner outlets. He is internationally recognized for his research on business model innovation, organizational resilience and how entrepreneurs develop. He is a co-author of the recently published “Value Creation Management: An Integrative Perspective and Readings” (De Gruyter, 2026). The book sets out value creation as a management discipline. Its practitioner companion, “What Holds: a roadmap for organizations to keep winning in permacrisis”, is in preparation.
Beyond the classroom, Oleksiy works with boards, executives and leadership teams across sectors, helping them turn strategic insight into growth plans they can actually execute. Students in his MBA and entrepreneurship courses know him for bringing the same energy and rigour to the classroom that he brings to his research and his work with companies.
Agenda
Tentative Agenda
5:30pm: Doors open
5:30-6:15pm: Cash Bar and Networking (2 complimentary drink tickets included)
6:15-6:30pm: Chair’s and Treasurer’s Reports
6:30-7:15pm: Dinner
7:00-8:00pm: Keynote Presentation
8:00-8:30pm: Award Presentations
8:30-9:30pm: Technical Chapters, Affinity Groups, and Student Branch Reports